blasting

(verb) make a strident sound. Synonyms: blast, blare. Example: "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone."

(verb) hit hard. Synonyms: smash, nail, boom, blast. Example: "He smashed a 3-run homer."

(verb) use explosives on. Synonyms: blast, shell. Example: "The enemy has been shelling us all day."

(verb) apply a draft or strong wind to to. Synonyms: blast. Example: "The air conditioning was blasting cold air at us."

(verb) create by using explosives. Synonyms: blast, shell. Example: "Blast a passage through the mountain."

(verb) make with or as if with an explosion. Synonyms: blast. Example: "Blast a tunnel through the alps."

(verb) fire a shot. Synonyms: blast, shoot. Example: "The gunman blasted away."

(verb) criticize harshly or violently. Synonyms: savage, blast, pillory, crucify. Examples: "The press savaged the new president." "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage."

(verb) shatter as if by explosion. Synonyms: blast, knock down.

(verb) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly. Synonyms: blast.

(adj) causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin. Synonyms: ruinous. Examples: "The blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit." "The blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces." "A ruinous war."

(adj) unpleasantly loud and penetrating. Synonyms: blaring. Examples: "The blaring noise of trumpets." "Shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio."